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Oscarine Malabele Poem
The Analogy
The man has been kicking the obedient dog at will
Fed the creature only when he felt it had barked enough to cushion his sleep
He carried this forth and on
For ages, the dog bit and hid its tail
Turned its cheeks to the harshness he toned
The dog lost the senses to mind the rules when the man gave it a bone to debone
He changed his mind with the bone inside the cavity of the exhausted and starving dog’s mouth
Enraged, the dog swallowed his hand
Off course?
Of course, the dog is dead
The new puppy adheres to the man’s dominion…
Oscarine Malabele
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Oscarine Malabele Poem
Are we looking at our grandmothers in the mirror as we mirage irrelevance?
Is not my mother’s shadow her mother’s?
Are we crowning our heads with tolerance for ignorance?
Are the attributes of maltreatment nursed then passed on of a rod?
Are we then shadowing our mothers with silence?
Are we still angry with our fathers’ deficiencies?
Is there not irrelevant relevance to us reflecting the past presently?
Is womanhood manhood?
Copyright © Oscarine Malabele | Year Posted 2020
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